That is a Ryco Z153k mate. Fits a 3/8th fuel line. Cheers!

Can't remember if i had to put in the radio pin or not. Either way good to have it on hand. Cheers

Nice!! This still seems to be a hit and miss fix so glad it worked for you mate!

Haha Spot on Bill! Cheers mate!!

G'day mate! Ahh nice! that trick also works for the starter solenoid on these things too. Can't remember if your XC has one or not. That crusty wags of yours is progressing nicely! I am jealous of the amount of shed time you seem to have!! Cheers mate and hope all is well!

G'day Ian! Ahh bugger - I bloody hate dash gremlins. What temp gauge are you using? (GT style, factory style) Where is the sender located in the block and is it the correct sender? In my factory dash - i think i had an incorrect sender as the gauge was really happy - and fluctuated between 1/4 and 3/4 when the fan would go on and off! I use the GT style gauge and it behaves reasonably accurately to what my old mechanical one did. If you can get a cheapo mechanical gauge in just to verify what the car runs at at idle/cruise etc. that would be the way to go. As long as you get something with numbers that are easy to read and in the temp range of the clevo you should be sweet. If all is well, from there you can start to trouble shoot the factory gauges issues.....or do what i want to do and give it to an auto elec to figure it out 😁 Cheers mate and let us know how you go!

G'day mate! The system front to back is 1 and 3/4 inch 4 into 1 pacemaker extractors. 2.5 inch twin system with straight through mufflers. No idea the brand of muffler though sorry. This car cruises quietly but is loud as shit when you step on it. The GT which has a factory style system has a great cruise burble but is relatively quiet under WOT. At some stage id look at replacing the mufflers on the Fairmont with something that takes the raspyness out of the note. Cheers!

That is a pretty keen eye there Steve. I had to go compare my windows to the old mans GT. Id say the doors are probably from an XY, back when the car was put together the bloke must have just used what he could get his hands on to get it together. I love the quarter windows - great air con at 60mph!! Cheers mate!

G'day Cool Banana! the system front to back is 1 and 3/4 inch 4 into 1 pace maker extractors. 2.5 inch twin system with straight through mufflers. No idea the brand of muffler though sorry. It cruises pretty quiet but when you step on it she is loud! It does seem a bit raspy at some RPM which is the only thing i dont like about it. Oh and the fact the 4 into 1 headders scrape on bloody everything!! Should have got try y ones instead. Do you have an xw/xy yourself? cheers mate for watching!

Spot on - bleeding is bloody important! I usually just jack mine up a little, never had one of those buckets but should really invest. They look like a great bit of kit. Agree never mix coolants - I just used a concentrate and demineralised water so am sweet. Never considered the 'old school coolant', will have to check it out. I like to flush mine every 12 months or so in which case I might switch to it - thanks for the tip!

G’day mate, Ahh the old original vs modern cooling debate! This car had the cross flow in it already, so was keen to just work with what I had. I found the mechanical fan worked fine but ended up getting hot when in Melbournes slow moving traffic. The thermo was able to keep the temperature steady even when crawling along in a traffic jam on a hot day. I suppose the cooling discussion always comes down to what suits your application and use case. Plenty of blokes have told me original is the way to go - others have said go a big alloy rad and thermo fans. To be honest, as long as it works I couldn’t care less! I do like the simplicity and reliability of a mechanical fan though…but also love the extra hp gained by not having an engine fan (and less risk taking a finger off when playing with the carby too)! Cheers mate!

Bugger - sometimes i remember I had to have a few cracks at it to get it to work. Keep going you might be able to sort it out! Cheers!

How come Chopper? What would make you choose one over the other? Initially I reckon I would have liked having a 6 cog in an SS but I really did come to enjoy the little convenience features of the Calais. Either way the calais or an SS doesn't hold a candle to what I replaced it with 😁. Cheers mate!

G'day mate! Cheers she has a great chop at idle this thing, but I reckon its a bit raspy up top. It has Pacemaker 1 & 3/4 4 into 1 headers on it, then its into a 2 1/2 inch system with a balance pipe and one straight through muffler (no idea what brand) each side. It sounds great at cruise and when you pound it (its loud). I have heard smaller, simpler systems sound good too. If your car is low - id steer clear of 4 into 1s as mine scrape bloody everywhere at the collector flange. Should have gone try ys. What is on yours now? Cheers!

Arh sweet! mine is same set up as yours except baffled mufflers and yep shes low and scrapes on everything 😂 I might try some straight flow lukey mufflers to hopefully get it to sound similar to your beast. Cheers for the reply mate! This vid might get a heap more views by me for a while 😍 really does sound great,well done. I'll slowly start going through your vids when I get a chance. Great channel

Cheers mate! Cleveland Rocks!!! 😁😁😁😁😁

Depends where the sump plug is - also most sumps funnel oil down to the drain plug so will work at these slight angles 👍. People have been changing oil on jack stands for years, shell be right!

Oh that one was painful!! So much time put aside, and wasted for not paying attention - still fires me up! The head unit rattles in its place too because of how its mounted so its like a constant reminder of my incompetence 🤣🤣😬

Fairdinkum Mel?? What does it actually do? Like a stop leak or something?

@@MeatballGarage Something like that. I've used it on radiators after hitting a roo and never bothered fixing it years down the track. Fixes dodgy welsh plugs too

Ahh magic!!

Haha G’day mate! Once upon a time I had intentions of doing some on road timing tuning…..now I’m just happy it runs!! Albeit need new plugs again 🤣 Thanks for watching mate! Cheers - Marc

G'day mate! So gaskets on the gasket? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of the gasket being a gasket? 😂 I don't think ill buy another one of those again. Not worth it! 45 years on Clevos - mate you will have forgotten more than what I know all together!! Cheers mate!

G'day Paul! Mate all the way from the west coast of the U S of A! Thanks for stopping by and love what you are doing with the Caliente - nothing like having a crack yourself. It can be frustrating at times but so bloody rewarding when you get things right and make progress! Bloody power to ya mate! Absolutely have a go at documenting your progress too on youtube, you don't need to be a pro at this either! I mean geez take a look at my first vid - pretty cringe, and I think we share the same philosophy when it comes to working on cars too 😁😁!! I think you are on the right track with the overheating - have a look at my overheating vid there might be a few tips there that you can take as well. Good luck with it and hope you enjoy our videos here too! P.S yep I hate those bloody screws, ruined perfectly good original door trims!!!

G'day mate - I never had a drama in the Calais - is yours a VE as well? Just have a few goes mate, you should be right!

@@MeatballGarage yes VE Calais V6, that’s bro I’ll keep at it

It’s a gasket mate www.holley.com/products/engine/intake_manifolds/installation_parts_and_accessories/parts/108-12

@@MeatballGarage it can be advertised as a gold bar for me, it looks like a cheap product for a premium price to me. Obviously not fit for purpose and you can see that from how it was when you threw it away.

G'day mate - She was a little lean, but it has been lean on the old gasket (that is now back on the car) and never had a drama with that one. I also didnt button it down tight either cause i didnt want to warp the base of the carb - lots of people saying that this thick gasket needed a gasket...🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@@MeatballGarage crazy. Everything new is utter dog shit, even new things to go on old things lol

Lube em up you reckon? Easier insertion and extraction? Vaseline has form in helping out with that activity...so I have heard..

Gasket mate www.holley.com/products/engine/intake_manifolds/installation_parts_and_accessories/parts/108-12

@@MeatballGarageI know the part, used them for 40+ years. Always put a gasket top and bottom of them. They used to be sold as a "spacer gasket" to stop issues with fuel vapour due to heat transference.

Where it belongs!!

Autolits are literally trash, The last time I used them, after 3k miles on a set of plugs the ground strap on one of the plugs for no reason broke off the plug and scored the sidewall on a 14k dollar engine.

Mate the lest of my worries with this thing is plugs. Need to nail the carb tune up first otherwise no matter what plugs are used they will come out fouled up to the shizenhousen! 🤣

So satisfying!!

G'day Kim! Mate - Get that plate in there and run a proper Clevo thermostat and watch your life change!! (hopefully anyways..) Yeah from all the research I have done over the years is that restrictor plate was standard in all of these clevos which worked in conjunction with that specific thermostat. Hopefully mate that is all that it takes to get your clevo temps under control! Are you running a 393/408? What is it in mate? Thank for watching and good luck!!

Jump on a couple of commodore forums or facebook groups mate - might be some folks online that might be in the know 👍

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Good tip!

You must be very lucky! I go through them like hot cakes!

Mate not wrong - such a crap job getting to modern headlights to change em!!

G'day Rodrigo - mate It was a guestimate to be honest and 3 years on after making that video, I am still fine tuning the carby, jets and power valve. The only accurate way to do it is to get your hands on a wideband gauge and actually see how rich or lean you are at each circuit in the carby. I have just ordered one as i was sick of guessing and fouling plugs! What engine/carb are you running mate? Cheers! Marc

Awesome to hear mate! Hope you did yours with a lot less fuel leaks! Cheers, Marc

G'day mate! I know right! How the bloody hell do they end up in there? I have never seen a car that accommodates creepy crawlies as well as the VE commodore! Have you taken apart your tail lights and tried to shake em out?

G'day mate - all good! Might do it again soon if its not p155 cold out in the shed one night this winter! Cheers mate!

Hey Maddo! Mate, I will always be at this thing haha! It's all good fun..until it isnt! Hope you are travelling well mate and enjoying life over there!!

Cheers mate!! Ah fairdinkum? I reckon that would happen a lot actually - blokes just fitting thermo fans with what ever wiring they have lying around. Only to melt it all and have a fan that isn't getting the juice that is required!! Did your fans pick up much grunt when you made these changes? What temp does your Munro like to hang around? Also - cheers for the call out for this weekend - might be a bit hard to get down there at that time with the little fella but i'll give it a crack! Forgot Motorex was even on TBH! Cheers!!!

@@MeatballGarage Oh shit yeah mate the grunt was at least 70% better, you could feel them pushing air under the bonnet when it was up and when standing next to the drivers door, couldn't do that before. Not sure on temp exactly I need to hook up my aftermarket gauge, but used to always run just under the hot mark back then, even on cooler days. Now its half way. No probs mate, Hope to see you at MotorEx or at our event, I'll give ya a sticker if you come say Gday 👍 Keep up the awesome content mate

Here he is! Cheers Adam!!!